Name of Book: Shift Forward: Shift Your Inner Drive Into Overdrive
Name of Publisher: Learn to Thrive Inc.
ISBN: 0-9738120-0-1
Author(s): Linda M. Leontowich

The book has been used in a Career Development program at the University of Victoria, reviewed in the Globe and Mail and featured in business/career sections of Canadian daily publications.

Chapter after chapter, Author Linda Leontowich weaves powerful lessons and reality shifts through everyday situations we can all relate to. Shift Forward:Shift Your Inner Drive into Overdrive was developed as your trusted resource guide, with checklists and reminders you can turn to time and time again.

Printed Soft Cover Book: $18.88 CDN  

Learn powerful paradigm shifts in thinking to:

• empower yourself and supercharge your career
• embrace the value of building your advisory team
• expose those thought patterns that hold you back
• create a compelling and exhilarating roadmap for the future
• replace disempowering beliefs and negative habits with focus
• discover how balance and self-care are vital to a passionate life
• identify essential choices you need to make to truly shift forward

Consultant, facilitator, speaker and author Linda Leontowich believes a passionate, purposeful life is the only way to go. As founder of Learn to Thrive Inc., a personal and professional development consulting firm, she is driven to help others reach thriving potential. 

The book has been used in a Career Development program at the University of Victoria, reviewed in the Globe and Mail and featured in business/career sections of daily publications throughout Western Canada.

“In Shift Forward (Learn To Thrive Inc., 140 pages, $18.88), Edmonton consultant Linda Leontowich uses the metaphor of driving to offer some lessons for success -- from the importance of your GPS system (goals, passions and strengths) to the dangers of riding the brake with disempowering internal beliefs, to watching out for backseat drivers and getting solid roadside assistance. She puts a new twist on old ideas or offers enough new insights to make it a worthwhile, quick read.” 

Harvey Schachter, Globe and Mail  

“Finally someone has written a book for the every day person.  The magic of this book is that it appeals to all types of people and the illustrations and experiences are "real".  The assessment tools, reflection items and well thought out questions to move the reader in the direction of their passion are extremely helpful.

This book deserves a special place in a person’s library of resources to be referred to, over and over again for inspiration to continue to keep shifting forward.

Parallels to driving and being self-driven are clever, offer clarity and light up the reader's imagination and desire to change.”  -

Terry A. Workshop Facilitator and Career Consultant

You can also purchase the book at Ascendant Books and Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta.